Following a turbulent 2024, marked by economic uncertainty and business realignment, 2025 offers HR leaders a pivotal opportunity to reset and reshape their role in driving business success.
This report, produced in partnership with Cappfinity, captures key insights from senior HR leaders on the emerging priorities, skills and trends shaping the HR landscape and explores the critical leadership skills needed for HR to succeed.
Key themes:
- A shift from reactive change to strategic organisational design
- AI, while still remaining a topic of interest, is not yet a strategic priority
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is seeing reduced emphasis amid economic, financial and political pressures
Findings:
- HR priorities in 2025
- Lower HR priorities in 2025
- Deeper dive into HR skills/trends for 2025
- AI in HR: a topic of discussion
- How does 2025 compare to previous years’ trends?
- EDI: Where does it now sit?
- Skills-based development
- HR leadership skills
- What is HR excited about in 2025?
